AT A TRYING TIME IT'S BIG NIGHT FOR TNA, HOW TO AFFECT CHANGE TO TURN THINGS AROUND, NEW TITLE BELT TO DEBUT AND MORE!

While the company is putting on a good face in promoting tonight's Destination show, which is in essence a PPV quality free show, things behind the scenes are not so rosy. Given the recent cutbacks and releases, it's fair to say that morale is hardly high in TNA right now. The primary factor in TNA's recent belt tightening comes from the decision to take Impact out of Orlando and on the road every other week. The decision has increased costs dramatically with no proportional rise in revenue to make leaving The Impact Zone a wise move. It has not increased viewership as the people that championed it, like Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, claimed it would. With increased costs and stagnant revenue, belt tightening has become a necessity. As we saw yesterday with Bruce Prichard's release, it's fair to say that very few people, if anyone, is safe. Unless things do a dramatic turnaround, things will continue to be tumultuous down in Nashville.

To me, the problem has always been that there are too many people with too much say in the product, which is the same problem that WCW had. Say what you want about Vince McMahon, but his vision is the WWE product. Obviously, Dixie Carter is not his equal so she needs to rely on wrestling people. The problem is that she relies on too many of them and with them all having their own agenda, the product suffers. She needs to cut back on how many cooks she has because they are spoiling her soup, so to speak.

Speaking of taking the show on the road being a less than smart move, there are a ton of good seats available for the show tonight. I just checked and can get seats in the fourth row on the floor. That is not good. If you are interested in getting tickets, click here.

Dixie Carter noted on her Twitter account that TNA will be debuting a new X Division belt tonight. She said she will post a picture of it later today.
Michael Goins sent this item. ... Here is a link to a segment featuring Samoa Joe on WDRB-TV in Louisville promoting tonight's live show at Broadbent Arena. He was also on WHAS-TV's Great Day Live.
Thomas Rude sent this link, which goes to a video of Mickie James performing live in Nashville, TN.